The excellent woman a sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Scott ...…

But secondly Observe; ¹God takes notice of the least good that is in any: Grace in what ever degree (if it be true) is not rejected by Jesus Christ. The bruised Reed he will not break, and the smoking Flax he will not quench; what is weaker then a bruised reed; behold while it was whole, it was fit for little service; but when it is bruised it is good for nothing: you cannot make a pin of it to hang a vessel on: what is more useless then smoking ⟨p. 15⟩flax; singed and scorched with the fire, and ready to break out into a flame; ye cannot make a thread of it fit for any work. Yet that grace which in the sense and feeling of a Christian, a Christian that is poor in spirit, is of no more consideration then such smoking flax, and such a bruised reed; behold Jesus Christ will be so far from quenching of the one, and breaking the other, that he will bring it forth into victory; weak grace shall at length get the conquest of strong corruption;

But secondly Observe; ¹God takes notice of the least good that is in any: Grace in what ever degree (if it be true) is not rejected by Jesus Christ. The bruised Reed he will not breake, and the smonking Flax he will not quen•h; what is weaker then a b•uised reed; behold while it was whole, it was fit for little service; but when it is bruised it is good for nothing: you cannot make a pin of it to hang a vessel on: what is more useless then smoaking ⟨p. 15⟩flax; singed and scorched with the fire, and ready to breake out into a flame; ye cannot make a thread of it fit for any work. Yet that grace which in the sence and feeling of a Christian, a Christian that is poore in spirit, is of no more consideration then such smoaking flax, and such a bruised reed; behold Jesus Christ will be so farre from quenching of the one, and breaking the other, that he will bring it forth into victory; weake grace shall at length get the conquest of strong corruption;

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